F1 Madness

Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time for the morning session of 1:32.972 at the Young Drivers Test at Silverstone on Thursday. Ricciardo will take Mark Webber’s place in the RB9 this afternoon to continue his running for the day. Antonio Felix da Costa, in the Red Bull set the second fastest time of […]

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James Calado put Force India at the top of the timesheets on the opening morning of the Young Driver Test at Silverstone. His benchmark of 1.33.986 is just over half a second slower than the fastest lap of this year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, set by Red Bull driver Mark Webber. Here is the […]

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Mark Webber will no longer take part in the F1 Young Driver Test at Silverstone after Red Bull announced a late change to their planned schedule. Webber, who will be leaving Formula One to drive for Porsche at the end of the season, was due to test on Thursday afternoon. Regular team race drivers have […]

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Formula 1’s annual Young Driver’s Test starts tomorrow on the Silverstone race track. However, this year’s three day test session has a bit of a twist to it. As a result of the tyre troubles at Silverstone grand prix the test has been transformed into an emergency tyre test for the Italian manufacturer to regain […]

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In a move that has sent the rumour mill into overdrive, Red Bull have announced that Daniel Ricciardo will be testing the RB9 in this week’s Young Driver Test at Silverstone. This will certainly give the young Ricciardo’s hopes of replacing fellow Australian driver Mark Webber at Red Bull  next year a boost. According to […]

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The FIA’s decision to allow race drivers to take part in the upcoming Young Driver Test in order to test the new Pirelli tyres has seen quite a few teams opting to make use of the opportunity to run their regular drivers. Sauber have announced the they will run Nico Hulkenberg along with reserve driver […]

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The FIA today imposed a ban on all tyre swapping for this weekend’s German Grand Prix. They have also issued strict limits on tyre pressures and cambers for the race. This follows a request by Pirelli to the FIA, to limit how F1 teams exploit the rubber because according to Pirelli this was a major […]

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Formula One drivers have threatened to boycott the German Grand Prix this weekend if a repeat of the problems at Silverstone are experienced. Four drivers suffered blown tyres during a dramatic British Grand Prix on Sunday at Silverstone, forcing Pirelli to revert to Kevlar-belted tyres for this weekend’s race at the Nurburgring. They will also be introducing a […]

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Pirelli will introduce completely new tyres for the 2013 Hungarian grand prix. The announcement comes after the Italian tyre manufacturer was put in the spotlight with several tyre failures during the Silverstone grand prix. The all new tyres, which will feature 2012 construction combined with 2013 compounds, will be introduced for Hungarian grand prix. These new tyres […]

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Formula 1’s govering body, the FIA, has announced that it will send its own observers to this month’s young driver’s test. The recent Mercedes-tyregate debacle has prompted the FIA to appoint a ‘security guard’ to ensure that no current race drivers do any work on car development. On the back of multiple tyre failures at the […]

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